Fifty years before Sputnik, Dr. Robert Goddard dreamed of sending rockets into space. In his autobiography, Robert Goddard wrote about an inspiration he had as a boy of making a device that would fly ...

HERE IS HOW THEY’RE GETTING THAT DONE. >> H ’E'S CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF MODERN ROCKET PROPULSION. AND NOW THE CHILDHDOO HOME OF DR. ROBERT GODDARD HAS BEEN BOUGHT WITH PLANS TO TURN IT INTO A MUSEUM ...

Goddard with his Hoopskirt rocket during a launch attempt in September 1928. The fourth time was the charm for Robert H. Goddard’s “Hoopskirt Rocket,” so named for its resemblance to the wire-frame ...

Launches of liquid-fueled rockets may be relatively routine today, but 90 years ago, they were brand-new. In fact, the first liquid-fueled rocket launched on March 16, 1926, under the direction of ...

Robert H. Goddard, the American father of modern rocketry, built and tested the world's first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. His achievement is considered as significant as the Wright Brothers' first ...

While the world marvels at the Mars rovers, Dr. Robert Goddard dreamed of sending rockets into space nearly a hundred years ago. In his autobiography, Robert Goddard wrote about an inspiration he had ...